I recently purchased a GoGear Vibe 4GB (SA3VBE04) for my daughter. However I run Linux (Ubuntu 11.10) on our home PCs and I cannot find a way to convert videos to a format acceptable to this Philips mp4 player. I understand that the player only supports MJPEG and that the recommended way to get video onto it is to use the Philips version of Songbird. However Philips Songbird will not run on Ubuntu (using the windows emulator - Wine).

So is there any other way to convert video to a format acceptable by this device (on a Linux/Ubuntu system)? Or even will it accept any other format (the specification would seem to indicate that it won't)

bugmenot

12-29-2011, 11:36 AM

I recently purchased a GoGear Vibe 4GB (SA3VBE04) for my daughter. However I run Linux (Ubuntu 11.10) on our home PCs and I cannot find a way to convert videos to a format acceptable to this Philips mp4 player. I understand that the player only supports MJPEG and that the recommended way to get video onto it is to use the Philips version of Songbird. However Philips Songbird will not run on Ubuntu (using the windows emulator - Wine).

So is there any other way to convert video to a format acceptable by this device (on a Linux/Ubuntu system)? Or even will it accept any other format (the specification would seem to indicate that it won't)